| Mission
Statement: "Our vision is a world in which all children are
treated with dignity, respect, understanding, and compassion. In
such a world, every child can grow into adulthood with a generous
capacity for love and trust. Our society has no more urgent
task."
Our goals are:
1. To provide critical information on parenting, with
special regard to pregnancy and early childhood
Since December 1996 we have provided a wealth of information on
all aspects of parenting, with a focus on early childhood, at our
Natural Child Project web site.
The site currently includes 100+ articles by noted writers. The
site also includes an extensive collection of parenting advice on
many subjects, child advocacy documents and research articles,
unique parenting resources, and an entire short book, Whatever
Happened to Mother? by James Kimmel, Ph.D. Our website has become
well-known and highly-regarded. We are receiving over 250,000 page
accesses per month from 129 countries. The web site has won
numerous awards and has been featured on CNN Headline News, Canada
AM TV, and elsewhere.
2. To increase public awareness of the importance
of parent-child bonding, and the legitimacy and critical
importance of children's emotional
needs at all stages
Our director, Jan Hunt, M.Sc. Psychology, has had many
opportunities to speak to the public through workshops, media
interviews, and magazine articles. Many of her articles are
available in Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian, and her book The
Natural Child has been translated into several languages. The
unique research section of our web site offers critical
information on attachment parenting studies.
3. To undertake projects which further our vision
of the world in which all children are treated with dignity,
respect, understanding and compassion.
As a fundraising project, Jan has created Parenting Cards, which parents can use for encouragement,
inspiration, and support. She has also written a
highly-regarded parenting book, The Natural
Child: Parenting from the Heart, and A Gift for Baby, a children's
picture book that celebrates attachment parenting. Jan and her son
Jason co-edited the book The Unschooling
Unmanual.
Jan's essay " 10 Tips for Shopping with Children" has been reprinted widely on the Internet and
in many newspapers, and is distributed free in many cities
during the holiday season.
As our funding increases, we plan to offer more local parenting
workshops and free counseling for parents in need. We also hope to
establish a local children's art gallery, similar to our online
gallery.
Jan has many professional affiliations. She is on the Board of
Directors of Canadian Society for the prevention of Cruelty to
Children, Holistic Moms Network, Attachment Parenting International,
and the Child-Friendly Initiative. She is often consulted on early
childhood issues by both professionals and parents.
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